Patents by Inventor Arne Kasten

Arne Kasten has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10241168
    Abstract: A magnet coil system (1) has a first end section (19a) of an HTSL-tape conductor (4) located ahead of a first end (19) of an HTSL-tape conductor (4) and a first end section (20a) of an LTS wire (7) located prior to a first end (20) of the LTS wire (7) which are connected electrically but not in a superconducting way in a connecting section (17) along the length of the connecting section. The LTS wire (7) has a flat shape at least within the connecting section (17) and one side of the flat LTS wire (7) abutting the HTSL-tape conductor (4) and the connecting section (17) has a length of at least 5 m. The magnet coil system has an acceptably small residual ohmic resistance which is achieved by simple means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Bruker BioSpin GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Roth, Arne Kasten
  • Patent number: 10042017
    Abstract: An NMR spectrometer (131) with an NMR magnet coil (91) having windings of a conductor with a superconducting structure (1), which have a plurality of band-segments (2, 2a, 7a-7e, 8a-8d, 15) made of band-shaped superconductor. Each band-segment (2, 2a, 7a-7e, 8a-8d, 15) has a flexible substrate (3) and a superconducting layer (4) deposited thereon, wherein the band-segments (2, 2a, 7a-7e, 8a-8d, 15) each have a length of 20 m or more. At least one of the band-segments (2, 2a, 7a-7e, 8a-8d, 15) forms a linked band-segment (2, 2a), and each linked band-segment (2, 2a) is connected to at least two further band-segments (7a-7e) in such a way that the combined further band-segments (7a-7e) overlap with at least 95% of the total length (L) of the linked band-segment (2, 2a). The magnet coil generates particularly high magnetic fields in a sample volume and has a low drift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Bruker BioSpin GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Roth, Arne Kasten, Klaus Schlenga, Alexander Usoskin
  • Patent number: 9620273
    Abstract: A magnet system generates a highly stable magnetic field at a sample location. The magnet system has a magnet cryostat housing a first superconducting magnet coil and a second magnet coil co-axial to the first magnet coil. The second magnet coil is short-circuited in a superconducting persistent mode during operation of the magnet system. An external power supply during operation supplies current to the first magnet coil via a current lead thereby generating a first magnetic field at the sample location that fluctuates according to the current noise of the power supply, wherein the second magnet coil is positioned and dimensioned in a way that it inductively couples to the first magnet coil such that it generates at the sample location a second magnetic field that compensates the fluctuations of the first magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Bruker BioSpin GmbH
    Inventor: Arne Kasten
  • Publication number: 20160216347
    Abstract: A magnet coil system (1) has a first end section (19a) of an HTSL-tape conductor (4) located ahead of a first end (19) of an HTSL-tape conductor (4) and a first end section (20a) of an LTS wire (7) located prior to a first end (20) of the LTS wire (7) which are connected electrically but not in a superconducting way in a connecting section (17) along the length of the connecting section. The LTS wire (7) has a flat shape at least within the connecting section (17) and one side of the flat LTS wire (7) abutting the HTSL-tape conductor (4) and the connecting section (17) has a length of at least 5 m. The magnet coil system has an acceptably small residual ohmic resistance which is achieved by simple means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Gerhard ROTH, Arne KASTEN
  • Publication number: 20160216348
    Abstract: An NMR spectrometer (131) with an NMR magnet coil (91) having windings of a conductor with a superconducting structure (1), which have a plurality of band-segments (2, 2a, 7a-7e, 8a-8d, 15) made of band-shaped superconductor. Each band-segment (2, 2a, 7a-7e, 8a-8d, 15) has a flexible substrate (3) and a superconducting layer (4) deposited thereon, wherein the band-segments (2, 2a, 7a-7e, 8a-8d, 15) each have a length of 20 m or more. At least one of the band-segments (2, 2a, 7a-7e, 8a-8d, 15) forms a linked band-segment (2, 2a), and each linked band-segment (2, 2a) is connected to at least two further band-segments (7a-7e) in such a way that the combined further band-segments (7a-7e) overlap with at least 95% of the total length (L) of the linked band-segment (2, 2a). The magnet coil generates particularly high magnetic fields in a sample volume and has a low drift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Gerhard Roth, Arne Kasten, Klaus Schlenga, Alexander Usoskin
  • Publication number: 20140066312
    Abstract: A magnet system generates a highly stable magnetic field at a sample location. The magnet system has a magnet cryostat housing a first superconducting magnet coil and a second magnet coil co-axial to the first magnet coil. The second magnet coil is short-circuited in a superconducting persistent mode during operation of the magnet system. An external power supply during operation supplies current to the first magnet coil via a current lead thereby generating a first magnetic field at the sample location that fluctuates according to the current noise of the power supply, wherein the second magnet coil is positioned and dimensioned in a way that it inductively couples to the first magnet coil such that it generates at the sample location a second magnetic field that compensates the fluctuations of the first magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Arne Kasten
  • Patent number: 8255022
    Abstract: A cryostat (1) with a magnet coil system including superconductors for the production of a magnet field B0 in a measuring volume (3) has a plurality of radially nested solenoid-shaped coil sections (4, 5, 6) which are electrically connected in series, at least one of which being an LTS section (5, 6) with a conventional low temperature superconductor (LTS) and at least one of which being an HTS section (4) including a high temperature superconductor (HTS), wherein the LTS section (5, 6) is located in a first helium tank (9) of the cryostat (1) along with liquid helium at a helium temperature TL<4 K. The apparatus is characterized in that the HTS section (4) is disposed radially within the LTS section (5, 6) in a separate helium tank (19) of the cryostat (1) having normal liquid helium and is separated from the LTS section (5, 6) by means of at least one wall disposed between the two helium tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Bruker Biospin GmbH, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Theo Schneider, Gerhard Roth, Arne Kasten
  • Patent number: 7982566
    Abstract: A cryostat (1) with a magnet coil system including superconductors for the production of a magnet field B0 in a measuring volume (3) within a room temperature bore (2) of the cryostat has a plurality of radially nested solenoid-shaped coil sections (4, 5, 6) which surround the room temperature bore and which are electrically connected in series, at least one of which being an LTS section (5, 6) with a conventional low temperature superconductor (LTS) and at least one of which being an HTS section (4) including a high temperature superconductor (HTS), wherein the LTS section (5, 6) is located in a helium tank (9) of the cryostat (1) along with liquid helium at a helium temperature TL. The apparatus is characterized in that the HTS section (4) is disposed radially within the LTS section (5, 6) in a vacuum portion of the cryostat and is separated from the LTS section (5, 6) by the helium tank (9) wall (9a) facing the room temperature bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Bruker BioSpin GmbH
    Inventor: Arne Kasten
  • Patent number: 7838298
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus serve the purpose of determining the fat or oil content of a sample. The sample is dried under the action of a microwave field and is examined under the action of a radio-frequency signal and of a constant magnetic field by means of nuclear magnetic resonance. The sample is exposed to the microwave field, the radio-frequency signal and the magnetic field at the same measuring place in a common measuring chamber. The apparatus has a microwave source for drying the sample, a magnetic system for generating a nuclear magnetic resonance magnetic field in the sample, and a nuclear magnetic resonance measuring arrangement for irradiating radio-frequency signals into the sample and for receiving excited nuclear magnetic resonance signals from the sample. The microwave source, the magnetic system and the nuclear magnetic resonance measuring arrangement are connected to a common measuring chamber in which the sample is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bruker Biospin, GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kamlowski, Dieter Schmalbein, Arne Kasten
  • Publication number: 20090291850
    Abstract: A cryostat (1) with a magnet coil system including superconductors for the production of a magnet field Bo in a measuring volume (3) has a plurality of radially nested solenoid-shaped coil sections (4, 5, 6) which are electrically connected in series, at least one of which being an LTS section (5, 6) with a conventional low temperature superconductor (LTS) and at least one of which being an HTS section (4) including a high temperature superconductor (HTS), wherein the LTS section (5, 6) is located in a first helium tank (9) of the cryostat (1) along with liquid helium at a helium temperature TL<4 K. The apparatus is characterized in that the HTS section (4) is disposed radially within the LTS section (5, 6) in a separate helium tank (19) of the cryostat (1) having normal liquid helium and is separated from the LTS section (5, 6) by means of at least one wall disposed between the two helium tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Theo Schneider, Gerhard Roth, Arne Kasten
  • Publication number: 20090045895
    Abstract: A cryostat (1) with a magnet coil system including superconductors for the production of a magnet field B0 in a measuring volume (3) within a room temperature bore (2) of the cryostat has a plurality of radially nested solenoid-shaped coil sections (4, 5, 6) which surround the room temperature bore and which are electrically connected in series, at least one of which being an LTS section (5, 6) with a conventional low temperature superconductor (LTS) and at least one of which being an HTS section (4) including a high temperature superconductor (HTS), wherein the LTS section (5, 6) is located in a helium tank (9) of the cryostat (1) along with liquid helium at a helium temperature TL. The apparatus is characterized in that the HTS section (4) is disposed radially within the LTS section (5, 6) in a vacuum portion of the cryostat and is separated from the LTS section (5, 6) by the helium tank (9) wall (9a) facing the room temperature bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: BRUKER BIOSPIN GMBH
    Inventor: Arne Kasten
  • Patent number: 7386097
    Abstract: An X-ray analysis device makes use of a variable aperture for controlling the position and cross section of the X-ray beam. The variable aperture is configured to allow changes in the cross section and/or position of the beam by movement of one aperture component in one direction. In one embodiment, the aperture medium is a perforated disk that is rotated to expose different aperture holes to the beam. In another embodiment, the aperture medium is a perforated tape that is moved in a linear direction to expose different aperture holes to the beam. The tape may be wound about two axes to control its movement, or may be a continuous loop. A cassette may also be used to house the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Broker AXS, Inc.
    Inventors: Gijsbertus J. Kerpershoek, Leendert J. Seijbel, Arjen B. Storm, Arne Kasten
  • Patent number: 7263161
    Abstract: An X-ray or neutron-optical analysis device comprising means for directing radiation from a source (1) onto a sample (2), and a detector (7) with n substantially identical detector elements (Di) which are disposed parallel, next to each other in a first direction x and which extend in strips in a second direction y, wherein i=1, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Bruker AXS GmbH
    Inventors: Ekkehard Gerndt, Pawel Grybos, Lutz Bruegemann, Rachel Eisenhower, Arne Kasten
  • Patent number: 7235975
    Abstract: A magnet system of a magnetic resonance apparatus for generating a magnetic field which is homogeneous and temporally highly stable within a volume under investigation and which extends along a z-axis, with a superconducting magnet coil (3) which is disposed in a cryostat (1) and with a periodically operated refrigerator (2) having a magnetic regenerator material which is disposed in a regenerator housing (5) within the cryostat (1) in the stray field of the magnet coil (3), and which is provided with a device (4) for shielding or compensating a magnetic disturbing field in the volume under investigation generated by the periodic operation of the refrigerator (2) due to regenerator magnetization changes is characterized in that the regenerator housing (5) is surrounded by a compensation coil arrangement (4) which can be superconductingly short-circuited and which is made from a plurality of conductor loops (6, 7a, 7b) which are separately short-circuited during measurement to keep a plurality of magnetic flux
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Bruker Biospin GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Kasten, Michael Westphal
  • Patent number: 7183769
    Abstract: The system describes a means and a method for stabilizing the magnetic field generated in the measuring volume of a high-resolution magnetic resonance spectrometer having an actively shielded magnet coil (4) which is located in a cryostat (2) and which is superconductingly short-circuited. The system comprises a compensation coil (12) which is decoupled from the magnet coil (4), and is disposed on the shielding coil (4b) of the magnet coil (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Bruker Biospin GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Kasten, Michael Westphal
  • Publication number: 20070010021
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus serve the purpose of determining the fat or oil content of a sample. The sample is dried under the action of a microwave field and is examined under the action of a radio-frequency signal and of a constant magnetic field by means of nuclear magnetic resonance. The sample is exposed to the microwave field, the radio-frequency signal and the magnetic field at the same measuring place in a common measuring chamber. The apparatus has a microwave source for drying the sample, a magnetic system for generating a nuclear magnetic resonance magnetic field in the sample, and a nuclear magnetic resonance measuring arrangement for irradiating radio-frequency signals into the sample and for receiving excited nuclear magnetic resonance signals from the sample. The microwave source, the magnetic system and the nuclear magnetic resonance measuring arrangement are connected to a common measuring chamber in which the sample is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Bruker BioSpin GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kamlowski, Dieter Schmalbein, Arne Kasten
  • Patent number: 7157999
    Abstract: The invention concerns a superconducting high-field magnet system (1) for a high-resolution magnetic resonance spectrometer, comprising a magnet coil (4) which is superconductingly short-circuited during operation, and generates a homogeneous temporally stable magnetic field during operation that meets the requirements for taking a high-resolution magnetic resonance spectrum. The magnet coil (4) comprises an LTS partial coil (4b, 4c) and an HTS partial coil (4a, 4d). The LTS partial coil (4b, 4c) can be separately short-circuited in a pure LTS circuit (14b) via an LTS switch (15b), and the HTS partial coil (4a, 4d) can be separately short-circuited in a pure HTS circuit (14) via an HTS switch (15a) and both partial coils (4a, 4d; 4b, 4c) are connected via an LTS-HTS joint (20) and are charged by the same power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Bruker Biospin GmbH
    Inventor: Arne Kasten
  • Publication number: 20060108534
    Abstract: An X-ray analysis device makes use of a variable aperture for controlling the position and cross section of the X-ray beam. The variable aperture is configured to allow changes in the cross section and/or position of the beam by movement of one aperture component in one direction. In one embodiment, the aperture medium is a perforated disk that is rotated to expose different aperture holes to the beam. In another embodiment, the aperture medium is a perforated tape that is moved in a linear direction to expose different aperture holes to the beam. The tape may be wound about two axes to control its movement, or may be a continuous loop. A cassette may also be used to house the tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: Bruker AXS B.V.
    Inventors: Gijsbertus Kerpershoek, Leendert Seijbel, Arjen Storm, Arne Kasten
  • Publication number: 20060083350
    Abstract: An X-ray or neutron-optical analysis device comprising means for directing radiation from a source (1) onto a sample (2), and a detector (7) with n substantially identical detector elements (Di) which are disposed parallel, next to each other in a first direction x and which extend in strips in a second direction y, wherein i=1, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Bruker AXS GmbH
    Inventors: Ekkehard Gerndt, Pawel Grybos, Lutz Bruegemann, Rachel Eisenhower, Arne Kasten
  • Publication number: 20060066429
    Abstract: The invention concerns a superconducting high-field magnet system (1) for a high-resolution magnetic resonance spectrometer, comprising a magnet coil (4) which is superconductingly short-circuited during operation, and generates a homogeneous temporally stable magnetic field during operation that meets the requirements for taking a high-resolution magnetic resonance spectrum. The magnet coil (4) comprises an LTS partial coil (4b, 4c) and an HTS partial coil (4a, 4d). The LTS partial coil (4b, 4c) can be separately short-circuited in a pure LTS circuit (14b) via an LTS switch (15b), and the HTS partial coil (4a, 4d) can be separately short-circuited in a pure HTS circuit (14) via an HTS switch (15a) and both partial coils (4a, 4d; 4b, 4c) are connected via an LTS-HTS joint (20) and are charged by the same power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Bruker BioSpin GmbH
    Inventor: Arne Kasten